If 1 out of every 3 households leaves chocolate chips cookies for Santa and he were to eat just one bite per home, Santa would chow down a combined 2,191,075 chocolate chip cookies each Christmas Eve (assuming five bites per medium-size cookie). With each cookie containing about 59 calories, according to the USDA, that's equal to 129,273,440 calories – or enough calories to feed an adult blue whale for 86 days. less

If 1 out of every 3 households leaves chocolate chips cookies for Santa and he were to eat just one bite per home, Santa would chow down a combined 2,191,075 chocolate chip cookies each Christmas Eve (assuming ... more

If another third left sugar cookies for Santa, and again, he only ate one bite of each, Claus would devour 247,591,475 calories in sugar cookies alone. He'd also consume 26,402,453 grams of sugar – or 29 tons. less

If another third left sugar cookies for Santa, and again, he only ate one bite of each, Claus would devour 247,591,475 calories in sugar cookies alone. He'd also consume 26,402,453 grams of sugar – or 29 ... more

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Gingerbread

If the last third of kids left gingerbread cookies, that's another 221,298,575 calories.

If the last third of kids left gingerbread cookies, that's another 221,298,575 calories.

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Milk

But, of course, Santa has to wash down all those goodies with something. Just one sip of 2% milk (or, about an ounce) per child's home amounts to another 509,424,999 calories – enough to push Santa well over the 1 billion calorie mark for the evening ... and still counting. less

Some of those northern states get pretty chilly, and Santa is flying a high-speed, open-top sleigh at high altitudes: He's going to need some hot cocoa. One cup per 25 U.S. zip codes visited seems fair. With ... more

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Eggnog

And as a reward for a hard night's work, why not let Santa treat himself to a glass of eggnog. Just one: 223 calories.

And as a reward for a hard night's work, why not let Santa treat himself to a glass of eggnog. Just one: 223 calories.

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Carrots

Santa's reindeer are going to do some serious chowing, too. If each of Santa's nine reindeer snagged a carrot from every ninth home, they'd each eat 3,651,792 carrots – equal to 91,294,802 calories.

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Santa's reindeer are going to do some serious chowing, too. If each of Santa's nine reindeer snagged a carrot from every ninth home, they'd each eat 3,651,792 carrots – equal to 91,294,802 calories.

So, how many calories would Santa consume on an average Christmas Eve delivery in the U.S.? Between the cookies, the candy canes and the drinks, Santa Claus would pack on a total of 1,125,895,658 calories – or about the daily average of 562,947 grown adults.

With that much junk food consumed in one night, it's not a wonder why Santa is so plump, but how he stays so thin!

Here's what Santa would have to do to exercise off his annual Christmas Eve binge ... less

So, how many calories would Santa consume on an average Christmas Eve delivery in the U.S.? Between the cookies, the candy canes and the drinks, Santa Claus would pack on a total of 1,125,895,658 calories – ... more

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Competitive Swimming

It would take Santa 203 years of nonstop lap swimming at his local North Pole YMCA to burn off all those calories, or ...

It would take Santa 203 years of nonstop lap swimming at his local North Pole YMCA to burn off all those calories, or ...

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